Toy gun



March 24, 1931. H DEL 1,797,966

TOY GUN Filed Aug. 1, 1927 2 Shets-Sheet v 1 March 24, 1931. G. SCHRODEL TOY GUN Filed Aug. 1 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 )2 JZALIZZ/ Patented Mar. 24, 1931 GEOBG SCHRbDEL, F NUREMBERG, GERMANY TOY GUN Application filed August 1, 1927, Serial No. 209,815, and in Germany August 9, 1926.

This invention relates to toy-guns with pyrophorous-igniter, in which after the trig-.

ger has been pulled igniting sparks appear in the barrel-mouth.

It has become known in toy-guns to make a scraping iron pass over a cerium-stone the action surface of which is arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, said scraping iron being mounted on a movable element of the gun so that in the barrelmouth a quantity of sparks is produced.

The novelty consists mainly in fitting the movable element of the gun with a scraping knife, i. e. with a tool which is comparatively thin and comprises as active means only one single cutting-edge the cerium-stone being, compared with its thickness, of great length and having its longitudinal axis parallel to the barrel. The first mentioned difference is of fundamental importance in constructional respect, as it is much more simple and cheaper to mount .on the gun a scraping knife, having only one scraping edge, than to arrange a file on the envelope of the projectile. This difference produces however a surprising effect as regards toy-technics. When the projectile is propelled it .comes frequently in touch with the ground so that foreign bodies or moistness will adhere to the scraping tool' whereby the production of sparks is prevented or impaired. The larger the roughened surface of the scraping tool is, the more will the adhering of foreign bodies be favoured. A toy-gun, according to the invention is illustrated by way of example, in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a toy-gun in longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows in side elevation, partly in longitudinal section, a modified manner of mounting thebar which carries the ceriumstone.

Fig. 4 shows 'in side elevation a similar spark producing device.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 shows in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section a spark-producing device for pop-guns.

Fig. 7 shows in side elevation, partly in longitudinal section, a toy-gun with an arrow as projectile.

Fig. 8 shows the arrow on larger scale in side elevation partly in longitudinal section.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 a box-shaped casing 0 open at the top-end is fixed near the front end of the barrel I) mounted in the buttend a. In the casing a cerium-stone e is located which is pressed in upward direction by a blade spring (Z. The cerium-stone-e'is mounted in a bar f of dove-tailed cross section and projects through an aperture 9 of the barrel, said aperture being shorter than the bar f so that the cerium-stone is prevented from projecting too far into the barrel. A metal-sleeve Z is mounted on the rear end of the shaft of the arrow which has on its front s end a rubber-sucker h. The metal-sleeve I has a flange against which bears a spiralspring m. The flange 7c of steel serves as scraping tool so that, when it is passing along the cerium-stone e a strong quantity of sparks is produced in the barrel-mouth.

The form of construction shown in Fig. 3

shows the modification that the bar 7, in

which the cerium-stone e is mounted, is arranged on a blade-spring n fixed on a clip 0 designed to be pushed over the barrel 6, this form of construction being simpler than that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A similar spark-producing device is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The casing 0 in which the cerium-stone e, the blade spring d, and the cerium-stone-carrier f are located, is fixed on a slit-ring p which encloses the barrel 6. The ring 12- has a bayonet-slot, composed of a horizontal branch 9 and of a vertical branch 1' so that it can be pushed over a stud s mounted on the barrel and serving as front-sight for aiming. When the ring is then turned on the barrel so that studs engages with the vertical branch 0 of the bayonet-slit, the cerium-stone engages with the aperture 9. of the barrel.

Fig. 6 shows a form. of construction designed for pop-guns, in which a cork serves as projectile. On the front plate t of the piston u a scraper 'v is fixed which is designed to pass over the cerium-stone e, so that, after the cork w has been propelled by the compressed air, a spark the barrel-mouth.

In the toy-gun shown in Fig. 7 an arrow 5 serves as pro ectile. This arrow 23 has at the rear end a brass cap Z with a flange is, the arrow being retained by the trigger-hook w, gripping over said flange.

The arrow is shown in Fig. in enlarged scale. In order to make the arrow adapted for the production of sparks a sleeve 3 of steel is arranged in front of the cap Z, said sleeve carryingan annular scraping knife 2.

The scraping knife might also be flexible so that it strongly presses onto the ceriumstone. The propelling spring mi ht be constructed to serve as scraping kni e, its front end havin a downwardly projecting extension. As t is extension is flexible, the cerium.- stone can be stationary.

sharpened disks serving as scraping knives might also be mounted on the propelling spring.

I claim 1 A toy-gun provided with spark producing means, comprising in combination with the barrel having an aperture in its wall, a casing, a spring adapted to press said casing against said barrel, and a cerium-stone parallel to the longitudinal axis of said barrel and mounted in said casing.

2. A toy-gun provided with spark producing means, comprising in combination with a barrel having an oblong aperture extending in longitudinal direction, and an arrow adapted to beprojected from said barrel, a cerium stone projecting through said aperture into the barrel parallel to the longitudinal axis of said barrel, a spring adapted to press said stone into the aperture of said barrel, a flange on the shaft of said arrow adapted to strike against said stone in passingon said arrow being projected from said barrel.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

GEORG soHRonEL.

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